2/6 Chatterjee argues India hasn’t followed a Western path to modernization 🛤️ Instead, a split exists b/w the “nation-state” (formal, coercive) & the “people-nation” (regional, diverse, & resisting). 🤔 #Postcolonialism #StateAndSociety

The book The Narrow Corridor by Acemoglu & Robinson explores why liberty is rare and fragile. It argues that freedom emerges only when a capable state is constrained by an equally strong society—avoiding both authoritarianism and collapse. #PoliticalTheory #StateAndSociety